What's your VA up to today?
If you aren't reading the Federal register, you may miss it.
Veterans notified of potential VA eBenefits breach
The issue has to do with the VA's eBenefits where some of the veterans' information has
reportedly been compromised.
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VA Benefit Identifier
National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) is pleased to present the first of its kind app for use by military veterans and their advocates, available
for download through the NVLSP website,
Apple App Store, or Google Play Store. This application helps veterans, with or without the assistance of a veteran’s advocate, determine specific VA benefits to which they are likely entitled.
The Board of Veterans' Appeals
Legislation will help Pacific veterans
exposed to Agent Orange
How To Leak To ProPublica
Become a Freedom Fighter
Join the ACLU
VA starts domestic violence program
Department of Defense Extends
Shopping Privileges to Veterans
CIA Freedom of Information Act
Electronic Reading Room
Disability Compensation Benefits
C-123 Aircraft and
Agent Orange Exposure
DBQ's
TDIU Unemployability
MST
Presumptive Benefits
Special Monthly Compensation
(SMC)
Read Me
Aljazeera
British Broadcasting Corporation
Business Insider
Central Intelligence Agency
Electronic Reading Room
Billing Issues
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Ann Coulter
CNN Sources
"Contact Your Representative!!!"
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Everything You Need To Survive
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Discharges & Military Records
(DTRA)
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
My HealtheVet Website
ebenefits
NICS Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights
Home Based Primary Care (HBPC)
Independent Expert Medical Opinions
Marijuana & VA DRUG TESTING & VA
M21-1 Adjudication Procedures Manual
National Personnel Records Center
New Outreach for Vets Regarding
Discharges & Military Records.
Project-Syndicate
Records of the Veterans Administration [VA]
U.S. Medicine
Veterans Benefits Administration
Fact Sheets
VA urges veterans to be
screened for hepatitis C
VA’s Airborne Hazards and Open Burn
Pit Registry for Veterans and Servicemembers
VA Payment for Emergency Care
Veterans Benefits Administration
Benefit Brochures
Veterans injured by service wait
years for compensation hearings
Washington Post
Washington Times
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Mental health resources for veterans, families
Many state and local organizations help
veterans and their families.
Here are some resources for mental
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Disability Service Connection
Secondary Service Connection
IncreasedDisability Compensation
Temporary Total Disability Rating
Individual Unemployability
Compensation under
38 U.S.C. 1151
Special Monthly Compensation
Specially Adapted Housing
Special Home Adaptation
Automobile Allowance
/Adaptive Equipment
Benefits Based on a Veteran's
Seriously Disabled Child
VA Form 21-0958 - NOD
Notice of Disagreement
VA Form 21-534 EZ
Application for DIC,
Death Pension
Change of Address
Veterans of the United States Uniformed Services may be
eligible for a broad range of
programs and services
provided by the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Benefits from Other Federal Agencies
A general list of other Federal agencies that
offer benefit programs and resources for
Service members, Veterans, and their families.
Veterans Legal Help Navigator
Welcome to the Veterans Legal Help Navigator. This online tool helps veterans' caseworkers and advocates across the country find the right fit legal help for veterans.
Since 2005 This Is The Site VA Reads
When They Want To Learn What They've Been Doing
per·ma·nence
The state or quality of lasting or remaining unchanged indefinitely.
VA Disability - When the initial decision finds no "nexus"
What is the "nexus" and why is it important?
Trump Says His Military Pay Hike Is The First In 10 Years.
Not Even Close
Disability Benefits Questionnaires
DBQ's
Every claim will generate some form or fashion of C & P exam. The C & P exam is as
unavoidable as death and taxes. Veterans dread the C & P exam because it's so often
wrong. You can control the situation...have a DBQ done by a disability expert! Talk with
Dr. Bash today about getting your DBQ signed off by an expert with years of experience.
RAMP Letter?
You need to review that with an attorney who has the experience to advise you. The GloverLuck firm in Dallas, TX is offering a free review of your RAMP letter. Talk with them today!
NOBODY is coming after your TDIU benefits.
Learn the facts about Unemployability here.
Jim Strickland is a nationally known advocate for veterans
and a member of the
How to Increase an Existing VA Disability Rating
The application process is pretty easy, you can DIY in no time.
We provide the "How To" details here.
New Direct Express Debit Mastercard for VA payments
This prepaid debit card is available to Veterans who don’t have bank accounts or simply prefer
to get their payments on a debit card. Purchases can easily be made anywhere Debit Mastercard is accepted. You can get cash at retail locations, banks, credit unions, and ATMs throughout the world.
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CONTACT
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
The Committee values all feedback.
Mailing Address
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
335 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Office: (202) 225-3527 Fax: (202) 225-5486
Compensation Based on Individual Unemployability (IU)
General Information on IU Claims Evaluating Evidence to Establish Entitlement to IU
Special Considerations in IU Claims
Rating Decision Addressing a Veteran’s Failure to Complete a Field Examination
Poverty Threshold Information
What benefits does Social Security offer spouses?
It is my belief that non-working (non-contributing) spouses receive their own Social
Security -- if they have in fact worked at all during their lifetime and qualify for
their own benefits -- plus up to half of their spouses' monthly amount without compromising
the higher earner's benefit. Is that correct? It seems multiple wives of one husband can collect Social Security provided they were married at least 10 years. What's wrong with this picture?
Has Your Claim Been Denied?
Do you need an IMO or a DBQ?
You'll need to speak with an expert physician and then a veterans law attorney. Why not speak
with both at the same time? Dr. Anaise is a physician, surgeon and veterans law attorney.
Dr. Anaise has been providing military veterans with disability benefits help for many years.
Speak with him today...it won't cost anything but a little of your time.
Washington nonprofit responded to complaints with vulgar emails
The online shoppers said they never got what they ordered from Fallen Hero Bracelets. Court
records show Fallen Hero Bracelets has filed ten different complaints in small
claims court in Pierce County, Wash. since September 2017. Several of the claims, including
complaints against American Express, Chase Bank and Capital One Bank, were dismissed.
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Income Withholding and Medical Support for Department of Veterans Affairs Benefits
Frequently Asked Questions
Life Insurance
VA provides Veterans, Servicemembers, and their families with $1.3 trillion
in insurance coverage each year. VA also offers a variety of life insurance options
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers several benefits for the children of veterans:
(1) education benefits — servicemembers may transfer the GI Bill to their dependent
children before leaving service; (2) health care — CHAMPVA provides coverage to eligible
dependent children; (3) life insurance — family coverage is available to members insured under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI); and (4) memorial benefits — minor or unmarried adult children may be eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery. Also, specific benefits are available for children of servicemembers who died or were seriously injured in the line of duty.
Unemployability Questions???
Veteran: Anti-Malaria Drug Has Lasting Side Effects
Eight years after being deployed in Afghanistan, a Minnesota Air National Guard veteran
said he's still living with the side effects of an anti-malaria drug he took while overseas.
Shawn Bolf was ordered to take mefloquine in 2010, KSTP-TV reported. Bolf said he now has
balance and vision problems, loses feeling in his hands and feet, and has focus and sleep issues.
Veterans Go Back to Court Over Burn Pits. Do They Have a Chance?
The case, which dates back to 2008, consolidated dozens of lawsuits by hundreds of
veterans and their families seeking to recover damages from the military contractor KBR Inc.,
but a trial court dismissed it in July 2017. It could be at a legal dead end unless the panel of
judges, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., overturns the dismissal.
DoD report: Contaminated water at Altus military base, 125 others
Pentagon officials said the drinking water issues have been addressed and they are now
working with members of Congress on making sure the groundwater is safe. "We want all our
military members to be protected," Rep. Walter Jones, R-North Carolina, said.
Pensions for Veterans Were Once Viewed as Government Handouts
The Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides services for nearly 10 million veterans each
year, currently handles health care, benefits and burials for those who have served. But
nomination battles and standards of care haven’t always been the most controversial thing about
the V.A.—for years, Americans couldn’t decide whether they wanted to support veterans at all.
How older vets can best help younger veterans
Younger vets and those in active duty need the mentoring and sympathetic ear of older vets.
Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Bringing You Down???
Are you depressed, anxious, angry or moody because of your hearing problems?
Did you know your mental health issues may be secondary to hearing loss or tinnitus?
Dr. Brett Valette is a clinical psychologist specializing in veterans mental health disability.
If you're suffering with problems you believe may be caused or aggravated by hearing loss,
contact Dr. Valette and ask if you may have a secondary service connected condition.
Senate Sends Major Overhaul of Veterans Health Care to Trump
The Senate gave final passage on Wednesday to a multibillion-dollar revamp of the veterans
health care system, consolidating seven Veterans Affairs Department health programs into one
and making it far easier for veterans to take their benefits to private doctors for care.
Protect Students, Not Predatory Colleges
An Iraq war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder was aggressively
recruited by DeVry. He was told that his G.I. Bill benefits would cover all of his tuition,
in addition to giving him a monthly living stipend. However, he
later learned DeVry was saddling him with more than $50,000 in student loans.
Dear Jim's Mailbag...
Is squamous cell carcinoma presumptive to service during Desert Storm?
Student loan debt discharge for 100% TDIU veterans?
Is there any truth to the rumor about 100% benefits after age 70?
VA Caregiver: when is one assigned?
Do I need Medicare Part B if I am 100% service connected disabled?
Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI) and benefits?
Reconsideration Requests for Benefits?
Vet Centers and treatment for addiction?
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VA's Caregiver Program Still Dropping Veterans With Disabilities
The numbers looked arbitrary from city to city, which was bad luck for the Wilmots — they go to the Charleston, S.C., VA, which dropped 94 percent of its caregivers in three years. Current VA statistics suggest the Wilmots aren't alone — the Charleston, S.C., VA is still down 93 percent from 2014. There are only 13 approved caregivers on the program there. The South Texas VA had 342 in 2014. Last year it was down to 177. Now there are only 40. Northern Arizona kept cutting; so did Puget Sound. Fayetteville, N.C., had 570 caregivers in 2014; 350 have been cut, including Ashley Sitorius and her husband, William.
Veterans ID cards feature Office Depot’s logo on back
It took VA 3 years to issue your "free" ID card and now,
you're being sponsored by Office Depot.
Yes, really.
In veterans, even a mild case of traumatic brain injury is
linked to an increased risk of dementia
Mild traumatic brain injury may sound like an oxymoron, along the lines of
“jumbo shrimp” or “random order.” But a new study shows that mild TBIs can have serious
consequences for military veterans by raising their risk of dementia.
In the Spotlight
Keeping Up with All Your VA Appointments
My HealtheVet can help Veterans organize and schedule health care appointments.
Veterans: You May Be Missing Disability Rating Upgrade Opportunity
Many Medically Discharged Vets Missing Out on Rating Upgrade
Many medically-discharged veterans who had their disability rating "low-balled" by their service branch may be missing out on an opportunity to have their disability upgraded. In 2009 Congress mandated that a Physical Disability Board of Review (PDBR) be formed to reevaluate the disability ratings of up to 71,000 veterans. However, to date only about 19,000 of the eligible veterans have applied for a review.
Your Health
VA researchers question whether traumatic
brain injuries lead to Alzheimer's
How a brain gets hooked on opioids
How one group of doctors drastically
decreased opioid prescriptions
Fibromyalgia: What you need to know
There’s even more evidence that one type of exercise is the closest thing we have to a miracle drug
My HealtheVet: Veteran care made easy
Federal agencies partner for military and
veteran pain management research
MRI twice as likely as biopsy to spot
prostate cancer, research shows
Veterans' Medical and Health Records
Prostate Specific Antigen PSA Total PSA Free PSA
You have the right to appeal any benefits decision made by the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). The VA appeals process is set in law and is different from other judicial appeals processes.
Send Your Documents,
Forms & Evidence here...
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Claims Intake Center
PO BOX 4444
JANESVILLE, WI 53547- 4444
Toll Free Fax: 844-531-7818
Regional Loan Center
Contact Information
Vocational Rehabilitation
and Employment
Contact your VARO
Pension Management Centers
Education and Training
Regional Processing Offices
VA has three RPOs that handle GI Bill claims.
VBA Derivative Benefits Eligibility
The VA Benefit Eligibility Matrix
There are additional benefits that you may be
eligible for that are based on a favorable decision for
a VA benefit and/or based on special circumstances.
These are known as derivatives.
The White House Veterans
Complaint Line is open
855-948-2311
Military Service Records, Awards, and Unit
Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources
This guide provides information on locating
military unit histories and individual service
records of discharged, retired, and deceased
military personnel. It also provides information
on locating and replacing military awards and medals. Included is contact information for
military history centers, websites for additional sources of research, and a bibliography of other publications, including related CRS reports.